Your Ten Favorite Shows Currently on Television

there's just too much new shit on just now but in terms of what i'm watching plus what just ended i would give a current list of

transparent (i mentioned this in the thread i started for it but wow is this ever fucking great. worth the amazon prime sub)
the knick (probably the best show currently airing on a television channel)
Last week tonight (this feels like what the daily show used to be)
z nation (more fun than it looks! gleefully unapologetically stupid!)
married (great acting, great writing, grown up problems, plus naked jenny slate, i hope to god it gets renewed)
drunk history (somehow the conceit never gets old)
you're the worst (good acting and generally good writing, i would like it to be just a tad less self aware)
the roosevelts (14 hours of american history! finally finished last night)

i could see these getting pretty good: blackish, blacklist, outlander, the affair, gracepoint, worricker, makers, survivor's remorse, the missing, rectify (i kinda need to really have a running go at this)

yeah, i'll try it because i am a fucking media hound: gotham, constantine, the flash (and i guess i'll try arrow again though it sucked and agents of SHIELD just cause you guys say it got better), mulaney, marry me, the mccarthy's, the chair, intruders, red band society, leftovers (the first episode was such a fucking bummer and the "something STRANGE is happening here" lindelof vibes were a massive turn off but the acting was good)

i am very much looking forward to the return of: black sails (january?), broad city (january), hannibal( "Fuller stated in June 2014 after winning the Saturn Award for Best Network Television Series that they were told by David Bowie's management to ask again for his availability for the third season "), getting on (november; super hyped about this returning), sunny (january) and the eighty other things i love up thread

i guess i'm gonna keep watching these but in my heart i am sorta over you: doctor who, key and peele, masters of sex, modern family, attack on titan

continuing old people broccoli: moyers, nature, antiques roadshow, american masters, POV, jeopardy, frontline

plus the twenty other complete series just sitting waiting to be watched... i mean, i still haven't tried penny dreadful f'r crissakes... or homeland! or boardwalk empire!

I hope Bowie will be playing Agent Phillip Jeffries, back on the job after his series of mysterious disappearances.

We're watching Doctor Who and Agents of SHIELD and Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories and that's about it at the moment. Fun but nothing spectacular. Most of my favorites in the moment these days are shows which are no longer airing (e.g. currently rewatching the early seasons of Roseanne for the eleventeenth time, which amazingly never get any less fresh or amazing on subsequent viewings).

hypocritical coming from me but forks u watch too much tv

Actually, I would like to recommend the new Tim & Eric show at least inasmuch as it's worth checking out if you're on the fence about Tim & Eric. It's basically a darkly humorous and surreal anthology series. Still super absurd but way toned down from their usual schtick.

mordy, i tivo so basically i watch at the end of the day. i do watch a fairly surprising amount of tv no doubt, but it doesn't much seem disproportionate given the amount of media of all types that i digest and i try to keep it to stuff that's, you know, GOOD
i don't have much patience for "guilty pleasures" or deeply flawed and somewhat rewarding geek fare or shows that I once liked a lot and am now into solely out of nostalgia.

i'll put the tim+eric show in the mix but i think i kinda burnt out after seeing them live many years ago and suddenly being struck with embarrassment that i enjoyed these same bits on the teevee. maybe they evolved somewhat? i like the things they do with camerawork/direction/surrealism and i find myself singing this in my head when i look through any menu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Re6pZri8Gw

Yeah, the new show is basically just a series of 12-minute surrealist short films. Pretty well-done and way different than their sketch stuff.

deeply flawed and somewhat rewarding geek fare

(seriously though man that's way too many shows)

Yeah man you should take up pottery or something

all the comic book shows fall under the "well, I'll try it!" variety and i think i'm returning to arrow mostly just to see how it intersects with the flash... both those characters are pretty meaningful to me; the old flash tv show was like, my favorite thing ever as a kid and i still have a solid 70-issue run of mike grell's take on the Green Arrow character on the shelf. but yeah, if i was a betting man I would be surprised if i stay past either of those beyond the first two episodes. SHIELD put me off after a three episode go but everybody on the thread says it improves. Gotham is getting some unanimous advanced geek animus. Constantine is a real wild card; they're clearly not going for the warren ellis/alan moore thing. I am skeptical. but i'll try!

Blacklist is really my girlfriends thing so i watch while i send emails or ipad. It's also why i know more about greys anatomy and parenthood than i really want to. but blacklist is okay if you're only giving it about 60% of your attention.

i am also down to try 'how to get away with murder', never saw scandal and would like to know what the story is with this lady

i have a great many interests!

i'm gonna try to catch all these comic book shows on-demand that you mentioned but damn there's just too many
did the same as you with Agents of SHIELD, but the Capt. America sequel kinda got me jazzed about trying it again

blacklist just looks so ridiculous. spader looks hilarious on all the billboards i see. fedora bro going the full hannibal.

you basically just explained the series there and spader is fucking good at that character

a quick term search on ILX suggests there's only three of us who had a go at The Roosevelts; that shit was excellent and everyone should try it. Teddy's a complete sociopath and a legit killer! Franklin had a coterie of women who supported his need to be loved! Eleanor was the moral compass for the nation! Loads of amazing stories. My main complaint was that, even at fourteen hours, it wasn't comprehensive enough. I think the Japanese internment camps got about a minute and a half of screen time. There was no mention of the teddy bear. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN

xp it is, you just wish it was like 60 minutes of Spader rather than 15 minutes of him and 45 minutes of a bunch of random cop/fbi/cia jobbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSYJ4haG1MQ
for those too young to remember. elfman music still kinda awesome if samey as hell with everything else of that time period.

After reading the first two Edmund Morris Teddy Roosevelt biographies, I can't imagine packing his life on its own into a single miniseries. He's a pretty fascinating dude.

I'd honestly rate Agents of SHIELD about as highly as at least half of the Marvel U movies thus far. Some of the acting is a little more low-rent (which is probably to be expected) but I don't get people's beef otherwise.

in my defense, this is what i'm planning on watching; it's pretty unlikely i'll get to all this nonsense until mid-2015 if then

on last watch, SHIELD just didn't seem interested in complete stories or anything other than standalone wackadoodle "he's got flying powers!" origin stories
don't get me started on origin stories

SHIELD was ultimately pretty good about drawing elements from all/most of the first season episodes into a single cohesive narrative while still keeping almost every episode self-contained. Given all of the plates they had in the air and the beats they were trying to hit in a timely fashion, I think it was really a pretty impressive first season.

well see that kinda thinking makes me believe i might be open to it in season two

off topic but i wonder who the last us president to hands on, actively one-on-one kill a person was. it's hard to imagine a modern president straight up killing someone with a gun they fired and then bragging about it. because apparently teddy did!

yup, total psycho. he's this impossible person

a surprisingly funny show is the ifc garfunkel & oates thing. ff'd thru songs if needed, i do sometimes

"the chair" isnt great but im enjoying it, only somewhat in the reality-show cringe-watch style. the 2 "directors" they picked are def a good contrast

"the knick (probably the best show currently airing on a television channel)"

I am surprised this doesn't get more fanfare because it has been a brilliant first season so far, best thing on tv by miles right now. I would have cried if this didn't get renewed.

i sorta hate watch Garfunkel and Oates; i'd like it to be better but i'm a sucker for the fred savage touch

the knick is getting lotsa salon type praise but mainstream overlooks it... it's such an auteuristic piece it doesn't really surprise me.

Oh yeah I meant on here, it will probably have it's own thread by season 2.

See you on DVD next year, The Knick!

wow, do we not have a knick thread? I guess we're just talking on the soderbergh thread? Start one!

found myself surprised to really like Garfunkle and Oates too

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/29/outlander-wedding_n_5896284.html

Part of what made it work was that neither character -- and by extension, the audience -- had their reactions or vulnerabilities mocked or belittled. Why shouldn't Jamie be nervous? What groom doesn't wonder if his presents -- and his performance -- will be acceptable? Why wouldn't a man be turned on by a woman's willingness to teach him new things? Why shouldn't Claire want to look at him -- and why wouldn't Jamie appreciate being seen? Why wouldn't he appreciate her body right back? Why wouldn't the camera want to see all of that? Isn't it weirder for the camera not to look?

Every choice "Outlander" has made regarding its depiction of sex has made those moments sexier. I can't think of a reason that a large percentage of men wouldn't agree. In any event, Moore certainly isn't making the show just for straight ladies."Look, I read the book, I loved the book," he said in an interview with Buzzfeed. "When my wife and producing partner gave me the book, they weren't like, 'Oh, here’s a romance novel. See what you can do with it.' They said, 'Here’s a really good book.' I don't see any reason why men won't watch this show." It is an adventure tale, and that might be one reason for the people who don't watch it to dismiss it. More reasons some critics and viewers might shove it aside: It's on Starz; it's based on a book that women like; oh no, someone said the word "romance" (that last one may be the dopiest reason of all). People also used to dismiss the word "fantasy" in the fancier realms of cultural critique, but viewers and critics were able to see the serious intent of "Game of Thrones," which has, deservedly, been taken seriously as a work of art.

It may not have the HBO imprimatur, but what "Outlander" is doing, especially with regard to sexuality, also deserves to be taken seriously. The very first sex act in the pilot depicted a clothed woman receiving oral pleasure, and that felt very much like a statement of purpose. The wedding episode proved that "Outlander" has no intention of backing away from that subversive agenda. In "The Wedding," it reinforced the idea that desire is worth exploring, wherever it originates, and that the female gaze has something to offer all viewers who are willing to look.

Mulaney has okay acting, good casting, occasionally genuinely funny jokes (i laughed at the humidifier punchline) and i cannot imagine watching another episode for the life of me. laugh track/ "filmed before a live studio audience" HAHAHAHAHAH joke HAHAHHAHAHA joke HAHAHHAHAHAH setup setup joke HAHAHHAHAHAHA pacing is fucking horrible. i can't do a multiple camera sitcom setup at all any more.

dug martin short martin-shorting it up

lowest-rate new comedy premiere in a long time apparently

*rated

i enjoyed it but i fear it is doomed for the ax

So, we can start listing Twin Peaks itt right?

Currently on, roughly in order of interest: The Eric Andre Show, Adventure Time, Looking (this is pretty great!), Black Sails (still gotta watch the first ep but pretty jazzed about it), Justified (first two episodes of the new season are a definite improvement), Broad City, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jeopardy, Antiques Roadshow, Nature, Mike Tyson Mysteries, Frontline, Moyers, Real Sports, 30 for 30, Regular Show

coming back within the next week or two and excited about it: The Americans, How to Get Away with Murder, Last Week Tonight

coming back in the next week and i guess i'm watching?: The Blacklist

on hiatus and eagerly awaiting eventual re-up: Transparent, The Knick, Married, Drunk History, You're the Worst, Homeland, The Affair, Hannibal, Getting On (super quick mini season was as good as anything on tv ever), Louie, Nathan for You, Silicon Valley, True Detective, Game of Thrones, Veep, Fargo, Hard Knocks, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Inside Amy Schumer, Orphan Black, The Returned, Review, Inside Comedy, Happy Valley, The Venture Brothers (good special!)

on hiatus and kinda sorta looking forward to eventual re-up: blackish, The Strain, Survivor's Remorse, Masters of Sex, Key and Peele, Simon and Garfunkel, Family Tree, Children's Hospital, Your Pretty Little Face Is Going to Hell, Almost Royal, Mad Men, Rick and Morty

it's early but I think I don't want to watch these anymore: Man Seeking Woman, Togetherness

am getting into the habit of watching the first ten minutes, turning it off and then wondering why i watched the first ten minutes: The Simpsons, Girls, Modern Family, Archer

checking in on to see if it gets better: The Nightly Show, Workaholics

Still to be watched: Agent Carter, SHIELD, Gotham, 12 Monkeys, Babylon, Backstrom, The Librarians, The Missing, Olive Kitteridge, Penny Dreadful, Outlander, Intruders, Rectify, Worricker, Crossbones, An Honorable Woman, The Fall

Tride and Denied: Halt and Catch Fire, Tyrant, Flash, Arrow, Over the Garden Wall (sorry Mordy), Gracepoint/Broadchurch, Constantine, Mulaney, Marry Me, The McCarthys, Red Band Society, The Leftovers, Doctor Who, Marco Polo, Orange is the New Black, House of Cards, Hemlock Grove, Ray Donovan, Bob's Burgers, The Daily Show, Sleepy Hollow, Maron, The Goldbergs, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Benched, Utopia, The Comeback, Turn

I guess I gotta buy this sooner or later: High Maintenance

on the to-tivo list: izombie, Wolf Hall, Last Man on Earth, Odyssey

oh and add tim and eric's bedtime stories to "kinda looking forward to re up"

Hey forks, just checkin', but did you know there was very recently a second super quick mini season of Getting On?

the one that was as good as anything on tv ever?

I don't have much to add to my usual list except that I agree that the final season of Justified is thankfully returning to form and that the final season of Parks and Rec is unfortunately not really doing a whole lot for me (it feels like they've finally relented and just turned it into a live-action Simpsons). Oh, and Enlightened (which is nowhere near being currently on) is fantastic.

newest archer was really good, forks. u should probably watch the entire ep.

also most recent parks + rec was a very sweet natured bottle ep

You mean the Leslie & Ron ep from last week (haven't watched last night's episodes yet)? Because, yeah, that was the first one that felt right and that I unequivocally liked this season.

yes that's the one i meant

my current list:
adventure time, steven universe, kroll show, it's always sunny, broad city, workaholics, parks + rec, bob's burgers, eric andre, comedy bang bang, newsreaders, archer, NXT, lucha underground, new girl, mindy project, brooklyn nine nine

super excited for new hannibals.

forks what is simon + garfunkel? i'm assuming u meant garfunkel + oats? but in case u didn't i would really like to watch a serial show about simon + garfunkel.

btw ur so wrong about over the garden wall, fyi.

OTGW's on my DVR, still gotta get to that

cartoon network: still the most consistent show provider of all

between cartoon network/adult swim + comedy central i probably don't really need any other channels